Chapter 356: Arduous Building Formation
Chapter 354 difficult to build the array
Ji Hongdao as if he did not see the other side disappeared, still said to himself, “Young ruler should be worried about, is nothing more than being in the Tianxuan Spirit Locking Formation, the body is not free.”
“As for safety, there is no need to worry.”
“As the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance has been publicizing, a Harmonious Dao cultivator would already be beyond the capacity of the Tianxuan Spirit Locking Formation.”
“With your strength, Young Sovereign, you shouldn’t be so afraid of a regional formation, right?”
“If you can exchange some freedom for enough benefits, I believe that you, Young Sovereign, are definitely happy to do so.”
“What exactly exists underneath the abyss and beyond the mists, isn’t Young Sovereign really not curious?”
After Ji Hongdao finished his speech, Young Jun’s distorted figure reappeared on the Dust Crossing Boat.
Without uttering a sound, he only coldly looked at Ji Hongdao, waiting for his next words.
Ji Hongdao was not surprised by his going and returning, “After the Tianxuan Spirit Locking Formation is fully constructed, the Tianxuan Mirror will also finish sublimating again.”
“At that time, there may be a great chance that the unfinished business from two hundred years ago will be successful.”
“Furthermore, if the sublimated Heavenly Xuan Mirror wants to go even further, other than encroaching on the territory of the Five Elders’ Association, it will be nothing more than exploring towards the outside of the realm.”
“With the Elemental Devouring White Mist as a breakthrough, it naturally won’t give up easily.”
“As long as it frees up its energy, the Yuan Devouring White Mist will definitely not be able to stop it. It’s just a matter of how much time it takes.”
“All Young Lord has to do is wait patiently.”
“So many years have already passed, do you still care about this moment.”
The Young Monarch didn’t seem to be compelled by Ji Hongdao, his voice was slightly mocking, “Ji Hongdao, you really haven’t changed at all.”
Without waiting for the other party to respond, his figure directly disappeared again.
Ji Hongdao slowly turned his head and looked back at the busy cultivators within the distant Immortal Barrier, a faint smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
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The next day, Li Fan’s hard labor in the Shouting Abyss officially began.
The formation masters responsible for collaborating in the construction of the Tianxuan Spirit Locking Formation, besides Xue Mou, there were also five cultivators belonging to the Tianyu Prefecture’s Formation Cursing Hall.
Unlike in an unusual state, one only needed to consider the construction of the formation without having to worry about security.
Constructing a Spirit Locking Formation outside of this Shouting Abyss could be considered a difficult endeavor, and could not be done without the combined efforts of many departments.
First, the garrison stationed at the Eternal Immortal Barrier, named [Qingxuan], under layers of protection, in the white mist, difficult to open up a blank passage that can be used for formations.
Afterwards, the cultivators from the Tian Ji Hall stepped in and selected a suitable position in the channel.
The cultivators of the Performing Arts Hall cooperated with the Qingxuan defenders and quickly created dozens of landing spots before the white mist recovered the lost ground.
These landing spots were where Li Fan and the others would rest after each deployment.
In order to increase the efficiency of the construction, at the suggestion of an experienced formation master, Dou Xing Si, the Spirit Locking Formation that enveloped the Shouting Abyss was constructed using a multi-point, simultaneous construction method.
Seven array masters, each started expanding outwards from one direction, and eventually after the outer formations came together.
Then the central core formation was constructed inwards.
Finally, when everything was complete, the core formation hub would then be placed for final debugging.
There were no major problems with the plan, but the actual construction was arduous.
Even for a tough person like Li Fan, he was almost exhausted by the process of building the formation.
To give an example, if one wanted to set up a formation node in the white mist, one would first need to expel the Yuan Devouring White Mist.
The vacuum opened up by the Qing Xuan Army did not last long.
Before the white mist returned, Li Fan had to race against time to complete the creation of a small formation node so that it could be connected to other formation structures later.
If mistakes or accidents resulted in only a half-finished product being completed within the allotted time, Li Fan would only be able to temporarily retreat in the face of the raging and returning Yuan Devouring White Mist.
It would be equivalent to giving up on his previous endeavor, and he would have to start all over again next time. As for the formation node that had been completed before, it had already been submerged in the thick white mist.
Once something went wrong and needed to be overhauled, it would be necessary for Li Fan to risk his life again to go deeper into the white mist, accompanied by several cultivators, to investigate.
Not to mention, all through the process, one must always be careful to guard against the Abyssal Demonic Sound.
The outbreak of the demonic sound was, for the most part, like a tidal wave, with a regular pattern.
The Qing Xuan Army would provide the time of the arrival of each tidal wave of sound, allowing Li Fan and the others to avoid it.
But there were also unexpected situations where the tide of demonic sounds suddenly came.
Although the location where Li Fan had built the formation was already outside of the Shouting Abyss, the demonic sound had passed through the Eternal Immortal Barrier, and the vast majority of its power had already been absorbed.
But when he really faces the tidal wave of demonic sound, Li Fan really feels what is a flame that will be extinguished at any time in a storm.
Those spiteful, shrill and horrible sounds surrounded him.
It made him lose his sanity.
At one point, the level of danger was so great that even the body protection recharge of [Returning Truth] plummeted by a few percentage points.
It was a good thing that the Qingxuan Army was also specialized in dealing with the Abyssal Demonic Sound.
Every time these critical moments occurred, they were not disorganized despite their shock.
Protecting Li Fan in the center, while each of them took out the exotic treasure that devoured the sound.
A strange black stone with hollows growing on it.
A faceless human face with only two pairs of ears.
Green grass that dances to the sound.
The list goes on and on.
Even those red-haired foreign beasts on Ten Thousand Melody Island, Li Fan had seen them a few times.
The effect was also extremely remarkable.
After it was offered, the demonic sound that was like a mountain and a sea a moment before, suddenly subsided.
It was just that Li Fan was keenly aware that after devouring a certain amount of demonic sound, these foreign beasts and foreign treasures seemed to undergo some kind of change.
The foreign beasts became more manic and difficult to control, while the foreign treasures would also occasionally appear to spontaneously emit bizarre sounds towards the outside.
Therefore, the Qingxuan Army would basically replace the foreign treasures every once in a while.
When the reserves around them were depleted, they would need to head to the Eternal Immortal Bastion to replenish their supplies.
In addition to the muffling foreign treasures, the [Black Death Talisman], which maintained the stronghold as well as the cultivators being able to survive in the Eternal Elemental Devouring White Mist, was also a consumable item.
If the deployment was delayed for some reason, the construction would be forced to stop as well.
In short, building the Tian Xuan Spirit Locking Formation in the vast white mist was definitely several times more difficult than in an ordinary state.
Perhaps because of this reason, even with the slow progress, Li Fan’s ranking on the Golden Ranking of the Grand Competition did not lag much behind.
It was basically stabilized around the top one hundred.
The current points gap hadn’t widened too much either, and the top ten lists were all in a constant state of interchange.
And what was more striking than the top ones was the very bottom of the seven hundred and eighty-three.
Golden Dan cultivator Guo Ye Zhong.
Now that almost a year had passed since the official launch of the Grand Competition, his points still remained at zero, not moving at all.
He was the only one on the entire list who was like this, so he was much more conspicuous than even the first place.
Cultivators speculated that this Guo Ye Zhong had either disappeared and was trapped somewhere, or had simply defected.
(End of chapter)